Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film uses a technique of combining live action and animation.
In the film, Alice is now 19 years old and accidentally returns to Underland, a place she previously visited 13 years ago. She is told that she is the only one that can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon controlled by the Red Queen. Burton said the original Wonderland story was always about a girl wandering around from one weird character to another and he never felt a connection emotionally, so he wanted to make it feel more like a story than a series of events. He does not see this as a sequel to previous films or a re-imagining. It premiered in London at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 25, 2010 and was released in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2010 through Walt Disney Pictures in 3-D and IMAX 3-D, as well as in regular theaters.
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Production information...
Distributed by:Walt Disney Pictures
Produced by: The Zanuck Company Team Todd Tim Burton Productions Bandersnatch Productions
Total Box Office:$208,600,000 in U.S. and Canada
Production Budget:$250,000,000 Estimated
Running Time:109 minutes
This film was originally set to be released in 2009, but was pushed to March 5, 2010. Motion capture filming began in early October at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, though the footage was later discarded.Filming also took place at Culver Studios.Burton said that he used a combination of live action and animation, without motion capture.He also noted that this was the first time he had filmed on a green screen.Filming of the green screen portions, comprising 90% of the film, was completed after only 40 days.Many of the cast and crew felt nauseous as a result of the long hours surrounded by green, with Burton having lavender lenses fitted into his glasses to counteract the effect
Sony Pictures Imageworks designed the visual effects sequences.Burton felt 3D was appropriate to the story's environment.Burton and Zanuck chose to film with conventional cameras, and convert the footage into 3-D during post-production; Zanuck explained 3-D cameras were too expensive and "clumsy" to use.
On February 12, 2010 major UK cinema chains, Odeon, Vue and Cineworld, had planned to boycott the film because of a reduction of the interval between cinema and DVD release from the usual 17 weeks to 12. A week after the announcement, Cineworld, who has a 24% share of UK box office, has chosen to play the film on over 150 screens. Cineworld's chief executive Steve Wiener stated, "As leaders in 3D, we did not want the public to miss out on such a visual spectacle. Shortly after, the Vue cinema chain also reached an agreement with Disney, but Odeon had still chosen to boycott in Britain, Ireland and Italy.On February 25, 2010 Odeon had reached an agreement and has decided to show the film on March 5, 2010 The Royal premiere took place at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on February 25, 2010.
Alice in Wonderland opened with over $41 million in North America, setting a new record for an opening-day in March. Alice made an estimated $116.1 million in its opening weekend.
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